Here's why I think a voucher program is the answer.

While this is an untested theory, it is my opinion that no parent will send their children to a bad (a school that does not teach or is not physically safe) school if they have other choices.

Simple idea? Certainly. Simple-minded? Possibly. If anyone has proof that parents will send their kids to a bad school on purpose, please let me know. (Note: Even in cases where parents send their kids to a school that you consider bad, i.e., one that teaches "Creation Science" as fact, the fact still remains that these parents consider the school a good one.)

The initiative contains reporting requirements which should insure that parents will have access to sufficient information to allow them to make an informed dillusionsion based on accurate information.

The voucher program as I am designing it will force bad schools to either improve their product or disappear. I believe that it will close a great many bad public schools, and possibly put a number of teachers out of work.

I see no reason for a bad school to continue to exist, at least at taxpayer expense. We need for it to become either a good school or a bad memory.

While I believe even an incompetent teacher or public school administrator has a right to make a living, I do not believe that they have a right to continue to waste the time, or worse, endanger the safety of children, I believe that they should change tracks to something that they are good at.

Other changes I see as a result of this: